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Impressions of a Yathri…

I apologize for the submitting this late even though Dr Anil kept sending gentle reminders. I was waiting for the various impressions of the walk, to settle down into a calm river from which I could pick out the sparkling stones that still catch my attention and present them for everybody to read.… Continue reading

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Posted By Balu Posted on October 5, 2008
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Jaagruthi Geethe…

This song, composed by Prof. M.S.Venugopal, captures the essence of the Jaagruthi Yathre

ತರುವೆವು ಕ್ರಾಂತಿಯ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಕ್ರಾಂತಿಯ
ನಡಿಗೆಯ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಯ ವಿಧಾನವು
ಪಾದದ ಯಾತ್ರೆ ಜಾಗೃತಿ ಯಾತ್ರೆ
ಮೈಲು ಮೈಲಿನಲಿ ಕೆತ್ತಿಹುದು

ಸರಗೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಉಗಮವು ನಾಂದಿಯು
ಹೃದಯ ಹೃದಯಗಳ ಬಿಂದಿಯಲಿ
ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಕಾನೂನು ನೆವದಲಿ ನೆಪದಲಿ
ಮಿಡಿಯಿತು ನಡೆಯಿತು ಯುವಶಕ್ತಿ

ಹಳ್ಳಿ ಹಳ್ಳಿಯಲಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯಲಿ
ಸಂಘರ್ಷದ ಸಮರವಿದೆ
ರಕ್ತದ ಕಣದಲಿ ಅಂಜಿಕೆ ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯ
ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆಗೆ ಸಂಕಲ್ಪ

ಹೆಗ್ಗಡದೇವನ ಕೋಟೆಯ ಕಪಿಲ
ಪೇಟೆಯ ಗುಂಡಲಿಗೆ ಕುಂಡಲಿನಿಯು
ಚಾಮನ ಹೊಸಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ಕೊಳ್ಳೆಗಾಲದಿ
ಉಲಿಯಿತು ಯುವಸ್ವರ ಹಾದಿಬದಿಯಲಿ

ಪ್ರೇರಣೆ ಸ್ಪೂರ್ತಿಯು ಯುವಜನ ಗುಂಡಿಗೆ
ಆದರ್ಶದ ತೊರೆ ಯುವಶಕ್ತಿ
ಬಿಸಿಲು ಮಳೆಯಲು ಅಳುಕದೆ ಉಳುಕದೆ
ವಿರೋಧಕೆದುರು ಮೊರೆದಂಡು

ಗ್ರಾಮವು ನೂರಾರು ಪ್ರಭಾವ ಲಕ್ಷ
ಯಾತ್ರೆಯ ಯಶಸಿನ ಕ್ರಾಂತಿಯಲಿ
ರಾಜಧಾನಿಯ ದಂತದ ಗೋಪುರದಿ
ಮೊಳಗಿತು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಕರೆಗಂಟೆ

ದಾರಿಬೀದಿಯಲಿ ಮೈಮನದಲ್ಲಿ
ಬಾಂಧವ್ಯದ ಸೆಲೆ ಸಾಂತ್ವನವು
ಆಸೆ ಕಂಗಳಲಿ ಕನಸು ಹಂಬಲದಿ
ಪ್ರಗತಿಯ ಭರವಸೆ ಬೆಸುಗೆಯಿದೆ

ಜನಪದ ಅಂತರಂಗ ಅನುಭವ ಗರ್ಭದಿ
ಜನುಮ ತಳೆದಿಹುದು ಹೊಸದೃಷ್ಟಿ
ಭವಿಷ್ಯದ ಗಗನಕೆ ಚಿಮ್ಮಲೆನಿಸುವ
ನಾಯಕ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯ ನವವೃಷ್ಟಿ … Continue reading

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Posted By Balu Posted on October 4, 2008
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A new beginning…


2nd Oct 08:

The day finally arrived! Looking back the last one month, I feel that we have come quite a distance, both figuratively and physically. The walk of 400 km has not left us exhausted as I had initially presumed.… Continue reading

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Posted By Balu Posted on October 3, 2008
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As we near Bangalore…

30th Sept 08:

The way in which people are rushing ahead with their lives here is amazing! All of them seem to be in such an undue haste. They hardly seem to have time for anything. Some people that we tried to interact with curtly asked us to be brief.… Continue reading

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Posted By Balu Posted on October 1, 2008
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A few more thoughts from the Yathre…



29th Sept 08:

…This Yathre also showed us the real situation regarding the caste divides prevailing in rural India. At many places, when we went to drink water from a hand pump or a water tank, people would wash them with a bit of cow dung and ‘purify’ the same before and after our use.… Continue reading

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Posted By Balu Posted on September 30, 2008
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